Shingo Sawada (澤田 真吾,Sawada Shingo, born November 21, 1991) is a Japaneseprofessional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Shingo Sawada was born on November 21, 1991, inSuzuka, Mie.^[1] He finished in third place in the 26th (2001) and 27th (2002)Elementary School Student Meijin Tournaments [ja] as the representative ofMie Prefecture.^[2][3]

Sawada entered theJapan Shogi Association'sapprentice school at the rank of 6-kyū as aprotegee of shogi professionalNobuo Mori [ja] in March 2004 and was promoted to the rank of 1-dan in December 2007.^[4] Sawada was promoted to 3-dan in April 2008^[5] and finished the43rd 3-dan League (April 2008 – September 2008) with a record of 8 wins and 10 losses.^[6] He obtainedfull professional status and the rank of 4-dan in April 2009 after winning the 44th 3-dan League (October 2008 – March 2009) with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses.^[5][7]

Thepromotion history for Sawada is as follows:^[8]

• 6-kyū: March 23, 2004
• 4-dan: April 1, 2009
• 5-dan: February 12, 2013
• 6-dan: November 6, 2014
• 7-dan: October 14, 2020

Sawada received the Japan Shogi Association'sAnnual Shogi Award for "Most Consecutive Games Won" for the 2020–2021 shogi year.^[9]

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• Professional shogi players from Mie Prefecture

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